New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-05

tempore " oy conferred upon the Judges of tho
Court Of General Sessions. These Recorder smyth
Judge Cowing AMI Judge Gillerslceve. They showed
their opinion of Fellows by passing r,ht his head
and by appointing John Vincent a Junior assistant and
nov caniidate for the Supreme Court the Cnitel
Labor ticket, as the chief.
1t about year before this that Recorder smyth
had had an experience with Colonel Fellows. Elsie
Ryland. the famous forse: an counterfet-r had been
convicted AM on August Ii. ISL the Recorder sent
cncci her to two and one half years in ~ing sing. She
appealed ana while her appeal was pending She applied
10 he released bail. Colonel Fellows went with her
counsel before Justice DoaoIe and consented TO take
the ridiculous patry OF 500 BAIL certifying the
bail bond as to form and suiccncy Some dime after
ward the Recorder happened t. be in the office of the
ccrG of his court when Colonel Fellows entered bowling
and smiling IN his jolly goodnaiurc1 way He babe the
Recorder goll morning. AMI Immediately the floods Of
the judges wrath dcsccnlci. lie dressed Colonel Eel
lows up in fine style AMI enicl ny saying that if he ever
dared repeat sqch performance he dhc Recorder
would present formal charges against him to the Grand
Jury.
HAS RECORDER sMYrH's MEMORY FAILED
The Recorder present Thursday night at the
Tammany Hall ratification meeting, and heard Colonel
Fellows say The Recorder and Judge Gildersleevc are
my wiling supporters" II this he true the Recorder
must have forgotten the Elsie Ryland scandal and his
subsequent threat to take Colonel Fellows before the
Grand J3ry And if both these Judges he his willing
supporters one cannot help wondering why they uin
support him in 1853 when they hal the power OF their
free will 10 give him the Office he now aNpres TO-
Elsie Ryland's conviction was sustained 10y tie appel
late courts bat. of course she had jumped her bail
What was 800 to two and chaif years III sing sing
boasting OF his record Colonc Fellows 0vcrlooks
the important fact that when lac temporarily ahandons
stump speaking and addresses himself TO the work OF
trying criminals. they usali =" scol Ircc Dnrihs Mt
Marines term of Office he has done about one twentieth
lie convicted Dan " Drscol Mos the Anarchist and
the Thies hoycottcrS But he lost all his other cases
Before the great doodle trials came on MI Nicoil WAS
assigned to all the leading MI Mari fccog-
nlci his superior abilities at aud gave him all the
taton AS an orator. the Distrct-Auorney never per
mitted him TO argue any appeals stump speaking AMI
courts review All that class 81 work was given 10
Mr. Nicol Later when nc was Immersed IN Inc noodio
greater still presented Ivy Mr. NicoL II Is
most significant comment on Colonel felloNss klld o!
oratory that he never permitted TO address any OF
IL 10 the learned courts Of review.
WORK OF NICOIL AND FELLOWS COMPARED.
comparative view of the records of Colonel Fellows
and De cey NicOll during the last three years Is seen
IN these parallel columns:
MR. NIcoLL COLONEL FELLOWS.
Sergeant ley convicted Richard short, murder, ac
BuidensisG. convicted Quilted ,..,
Ferdinand Ward convicted r. Meyer rnry. acquitted
General shaler jury dis James r. Holland. murder'
Alderman Jaehne convicted Ju,ts ii schwab, riot jury
vcted. ''"'''' " W staiier fraud on in
Al herman O'Nei convicted. surance companies.
Altsrhan Cleary, jury dis ylc'cd L.. u,..,
Jacob sharp convicted I"heiss boycotjers convicted
Argued all thcs cases and Dan Driscoii convicted
m1uy others, on appeal Hourke, murder, verdict OF
second degree.
Policeman Hahn. acquitted.
summed Shaler trials
and in ali tho Doodle cases
except that of Cleary,
whcn having visited Mon
trcai, he suddenly became
sick AMI went ~ Arkansas
Argued no appeals
These Are the two records Ia Mr. Nicolls there
failures. OF unbrokeu success. fer the two
in which disaCrcemelts OF the jury occurred can
not he regarded failures. All o. Mr. Nlcohs appeals
have been successful Colonel Fellows in minor class
uot
Labor research and effort which mad 10 he expended ny
Mr. NcO lost fOnr cases outright. hid one disagree
mcn secured one minor verdict ant only four convic-